Cateran Ecomuseum

For three brief seasons, the Alyth Museum has been the Cateran Ecomuseum’s hub, thanks to a major grant by Museums and Galleries Scotland. 2024 sees our last exhibitions there, as Culture [...]

“Landscapes provide a living history of Scotland’s past and inspiration for many aspects of our culture. They underpin our national economy and offer a wide range of social and health [...]

Local residents and visitors to the Ecomuseum area will have an exciting opportunity to experience a taste of life in the Iron Age this summer. We are currently finalising plans for a ‘pop-up’ [...]

The Cateran Ecomuseum recently celebrated its fourth birthday, and what an incredible four years it has been. We launched on November 11, 2019 – the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hamish [...]

Humans have always used stories to make sense of the world. Since pre-history, we’ve told them in many different ways; through rock art, rhymes, songs, myths, legends, fables and epic poems. Even [...]

After a very long haul we are delighted to share that we now have the funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, matched with money from Paths for All, Inspiring Scotland, SSE Drumderg and [...]

Spring is a fantastic time of year to visit east Perthshire and west Angus – and the Cateran Ecomuseum has a range of activities and suggestions for things to do over the Easter holidays to [...]

An exciting start to our community co-created School of the Moon pilot programme continues in 2023. There will be community poetry projects happening in both Meigle and Kirkmichael – keep [...]

One of the Cateran Ecomuseum’s innovative projects has been awarded nearly £60,000 thanks to Inspiring Scotland and the Scottish Government’s Rural and Island Communities Idea into Action (RICIA) [...]

OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE’VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS IN PREPARING THE GROUND FOR WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A WIDE-RANGING PROGRAMME OF [...]